Home stretch !

Villareal coach Unaï Emery, a major specialist in the Europa League, hopes to lead his club to the top of the C3 by eliminating his former team, Arsenal.

Barring an unexpected twist, the winner will face Manchester United, almost qualified after his card in the first leg against AS Roma.

Unaï Emery, M. Europa League

The Yellow Sub will travel to London with the smallest possible advantage: a narrow 2-1 home win.

A score generally considered to give a one in two chance of passing.

To afford the first C3 final in its history, in Gdansk, Poland, on May 26, the Spanish club must avoid defeat ... or with a single goal away and by scoring at least two time.

Defeat on the night - but a potentially crucial away goal.



🟡 2-1 🔵 (FT)



🏆 #UEL

- Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 29, 2021

Decimated by injuries at the start of the season, Villarreal comes this time with a full eleven, and with the experience of a coach, Unai Emery, specialist in the "small" European Cup for having won it three times with Seville.

On the Arsenal side, the meeting has all of the last chance match.

Because it is urgent: the London club, dropped in the Premier League standings (9th), runs the risk of not being qualified for any European Cup for the first time in ... 26 years.

For coach Mikel Arteta, who will find his predecessor there on the bench of the Gunners, it is an opportunity to save his season and probably his head.

He will also count on a solid squad, with the only absent the Brazilian David Luiz.

Manchester United serene

For its part, Manchester United moves to Rome with the ticket for Gdansk almost acquired.

The Red Devils will start at the Stadio Olimpico with four goals in advance, strong of the drop (6-2) inflicted on the Romans on the first leg at Old Trafford.

And after two and a half seasons on the Mancunian bench without winning a title, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will hold with this final almost acquired his first opportunity to garnish his coaching record at MU.

One team.

𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡. # UEL semi-final second leg 🔜 # MUFC #PhotoOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/gcKwWlEYCJ

- Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 4, 2021

A priority objective, as the mass seems said in the Premier League: with five matches remaining to be played, the Red Devils, second with 13 points behind City, no longer have any hope of a title, and their qualification for the League of champions is almost a given, nine units ahead of 5th, West Ham.

For the Italians, the colossal handicap at the kickoff is likely to put this meeting in the background, after the announcement Tuesday of the arrival next season on the Roman bench of the media José Mourinho, former coach ... of Manchester United.

Especially since four days before the end of the Italian Championship, the Louve club occupies 7th place in Serie A, the last to grant a ticket for the C3.

And Sassuolo is right behind them, with only two points less ...

With AFP

The match schedule (9 p.m. French time):

  • AS Rome (ITA) - Manchester United (ENG) (first leg: 2-6)

  • Arsenal (ANG) - Villarreal (ESP) (first leg: 1-2)

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